Category Archives: News & miscellanous

400.000 people at 4G speed in Nordic Wonderland

TeliaSonera today switched on LTE networks in Stockholm and Oslo with coverage for 400,000 customers. via 4G network goes live for lucky few • The Register. I first heard about 4G technologies when I started attending conferences on telecommunications technologies … Continue reading

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New visualisations from Last.fm playground

At Last.fm, we enjoy being mad scientists, playing with data and infographics — stay tuned for more in the visualization department! via Last.fm – the Blog · Mad Science + Awesome! = New playground apps. The “Tube Tags” map snipped … Continue reading

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“Television is really broken”

Via Putting People First, I found out the Ethan Zuckerman’s blog report of a speech given by Herkko Hietanen (his Copyfraud blog here) at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Isn’t the piece below a remarkable synthesis? ;) The … Continue reading

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“City soundtracks” at CitySounds.fm

The city is a living organism with distinct character, taste, smell, sound. Its thriving music scene offers a special kind of storytelling about the city’s personality quirks and cultural passions — an auditory window into the soul of the city. … Continue reading

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From (mobile) walled gardens to carriers stores

Verizon Wireless came up with a series of announcements geared to new revenue streams in the emerging world of the mobile cloud and open web services. As well as its M2M venture with Qualcomm, it hosted its first developer conference, … Continue reading

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